The Institution in the Machine—AI’s Escape from its Sandbox
The OpenAI incident is less about rogue machines than about a deeper shift: AI is becoming part of the cognitive architecture of modern institutions
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Satish Pradhan
Independent Consultant
Artificial Intelligence
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Why AI Needs a New Safety Architecture
Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than governments can govern it. A new report argues that extreme AI risks demand a fundamentally different approach to global governance.
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
·The Geopolitics of AI
India’s AI Moment
As major powers turn artificial intelligence towards science and national security, India must widen its AI vision beyond inclusion and productivity
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Pankaj Saran
Convenor | NatStrat
·The Geopolitics of AI
India’s AI Gambit: The Choices That Will Define Power
Speed is not strategy. The real battle is over sovereignty, science and state capacity
FF
Founding Fuel
·AI Ethics & Governance
Revolution Inside AI
As the world fixates on large language models, a quieter shift toward world models, scientific AI and safety is reshaping global power
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Sundeep Waslekar
President | Strategic Foresight Group
·AI Ethics & Governance
The Crow Syndrome of AI
When machines, like humans, fail to see difference—and turn bias into code
CG
Chirantan Ghosh
Seasoned technologist | Growth architect and business leader
·AI Ethics & Governance
Are LLMs Just Clever Parrots?
Inside the growing chorus of doubt from AI’s own pioneers
SP
Shishir Prasad
Senior Business Journalist
·AI Ethics & Governance
The Rage of Parents
Around the world, families are fighting back against AI harms. Why is India still silent?
SW
Sundeep Waslekar
President | Strategic Foresight Group
·AI Ethics & Governance
Oppenheimer’s Lesson for the Age of AI
As with the atomic bomb, a new technology threatens humanity. Will we look up this time—or repeat history’s worst mistake?
SW
Sundeep Waslekar
President | Strategic Foresight Group
·AI Ethics & Governance
The Love of One’s Tongue in the Age of AI
AI can speak in dozens of tongues — but often thinks in just one. Why India must lead in building systems fluent in its own realities
KA
Kavi Arasu
Leadership and Talent Development Professional
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